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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES:

Michele Montanaro (1966) He graduates at the Art High School in Turin (1986) and later at the School for Restoration of the Mosaic in Ravenna (1992). He is a mosaic and stone restorer. His artistic activity ranges from painting to sculpture, from mosaic to installation, from poetry to photography. He has participated in numerous exhibitions, and has organized and edited various collective exhibitions of painting and sculpture. He was president of the cultural association Opificio AlterArs and currently he’s president of the cultural association Eikòn. He is the creator and organizer of the Art in the Dunes event at the Punta Aderci Nature Reserve. From 2012 to 2016 he was Professor of Mosaic Restoration and Mosaic Techniques at the Accademia of Brera. Since 2004 lives and operates in Monteodorisio (Ch).

 

ONE-MAN EXHBITIONS:

2017 Crust and combustions, Polo museale di Santo Spirito, Lanciano (CH);

2013 Modalità del visibile, group exhibition with Vanni Macchiagodena, Roberto Micolucci, Simona Stivaletta, Polo Museale di Santo Spirito, Lanciano (CH);

2013 Modalità del visibile, group exhibition with Vanni Macchiagodena, Roberto Micolucci, Simona Stivaletta, Museo delle Genti d’Abruzzo, Pescara;

2012 Paesaggi e figure, group exhibition with Vanni Macchiagodena, Roberto Micolucci, Simona Stivaletta, Museo Michetti, Francavilla al Mare (CH);

2010 Pulvis et Umbra, Palazzo Mattioli, Vasto (CH);

2007 Nudi, Sala Michelangelo, Palazzo D’Avalos, Vasto (CH);

2005 Presenze, group exhibition with Marco Ercolano, Vanni Macchiagodena, Simona Stivaletta, Galleria Gadarte, Firenze;

2004 Doppio sogno, exhibition with Marco Ercolano, Galleria Gadarte, Firenze;

2002 Incontrarti al Borgo, Cortile Palazzo Marchesani, Vasto (CH);

2000, Penatrale domestico, Cortile Palazzo Marchesani, Vasto (CH);

1998 Monologo, Sala Rossetti, Vasto (CH);

1996 Collages ed esperimenti, Chiesa di San Francesco, Capranica (VT);

1993 Figure, Sala consiliare, Palagianello (TA);

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2018 – Le Officine Culturali, VII edition, by cultural association Conventando, Installation Narcissus in the cloister of the Convento di San Pasquale, Vallaspra, Atessa (CH).

2018 – CastigliArte 2018, exhibition of contemporary art, by Giuseppe Colangelo, Castiglione Messer Marino (CH).

2018 – Armonie e contrasti IV edizione, by Alessandro Pagano, Mu.Mi di Francavilla al Mare.

2018 – Architettura e scultura, Start’18 – International Celebration of Contemporary Sculpture, Pinacoteca di Palazzo D’Avalos, Vasto.

2017 Forever Never Comes, Parco Archeologico di Roselle, Grosseto (GR), by Lapo Simeoni.

2017 Tabù – antico codice umano, III edition, Museo d’arte diffuso, Galleria Studio Sotterraneo, Pigneto, Roma.

2016 Tabù – antico codice umano, II edition, Museo d’arte diffuso, Circolo Aternino, Pescara;

2011-2017 (all editions) (Con)fusioni, inusuale mostra sull’incompiuto, Lanciano (CH) by Luca Di Francescantonio in collaboration with the cultural association Arena7;

2015 Tabù – antico codice umano, I edition Museo d’arte diffuso, Miglianico (CH);

2015 Annotazioni – arte contemporanea in Abruzzo (by Adina Pugliese), Spazio Fiori Chiari, Milano;

2014 Confusexual, ex cantina Ciavolich, Miglianico (CH), by Federica di Castelnuovo;

2012 The house of life, 11 artisti incontrano i Rossetti, Sala Rossetti, Vasto (CH) by Daniela Madonna;

2011 Fratelli d’Italia, 16 artisti per l’Unità, municipalities of Lama dei Peligni, Vasto and Pescopennataro (CH) by Daniela Madonna;

2011 Toyo Ito mon amour, Spazio Pep Marchegiani, Montesilvano (PE) by Luca di Francescantonio;

2011 Mascitti creative contest, Lanciano (CH) by Luca di Francescantonio;

2010 Cometas, Castello Aragonese, Ortona (CH) by Oscar Kite;

2005 Castigliarte, Castiglione Messer Marino (CH) by Giuseppe Colangelo;

2003 Arte in Convento, dialoghi espressivi contemporanei, Convento di Sant’Antonio, San Buono, by Daniela Madonna;

2002-2003 Workshop art, Meeting Center del Palace Hotel, Vasto, by Bruno Scafetta;

2000 Foyer, Politeama Ruzzi, Vasto (CH) by Marco Ercolano;

1999 Castigliarte, Castiglione Messer Marino (CH) by Giuseppe Colangelo;

1999 Libertà incondizionata, Castello di Palena (CH) by Daniela Madonna;

1999 Itineraria, Piazza Matteotti, Castelnuovo Val di Cecina (PI) by Andrea Ciampini;

1999 Arte & design, Palazzo Turdò, Carunchio (CH);

1998 Contemporaria – la poetica delle differenze, Politeama Ruzzi, Vasto (CH) by Daniela Madonna.

 

AWARDS:

2017 Opere d’arte per la tutela ambientale, Fondazione PescarAbruzzo, (PE), runner-up award design section with Davide Cruciata for the work Pneuma.

 

CURATORSHIP:

2017 Art in the dunes, artistic installations at Punta Aderci Nature Reserve, Vasto (CH), organized by the cultural association Eikòn, by Michele Montanaro;

2015 Art in the dunes, artistic installations at Punta Aderci Nature Reserve, Vasto (CH), organized by the cultural association Eikòn, by Michele Montanaro;

2010-2013 (all editions) Art in the dunes, artistic installations at Punta Aderci Nature Reserve, Vasto (CH), organized by the association Opificio Alterars, by Michele Montanaro;

2011 Assignment given by the Department of Culture of the city of Vasto for the curatorship of the tribute exhibition “Filandro Lattanzio – il colore e l’atmosfera”, of the exhibition setup and the catalogue, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the death of the artist, with the collaboration of the Dr. Roberta Presenza.

2011 Opificio Ventiundici, Sala Michelangelo e Sala Colonna di Palazzo d’Avalos, Vasto (CH)

2011 Opificio Ventiundici, Museo Civico, Castello di Monteodorisio (CH), organized by the cultural association organizzato Opifico Alterars, by Michele Montanaro;

2010 Mater-materia, mArte, Museo Civico, Castello di Monteodorisio (CH) by Michele Montanaro;

2010 Sophie Lelievre, Bella ciao, une annèe en Italie, Sala Mattioli, Vasto (CH) by Michele Montanaro;

2007 Incontri ravvicinati, mArte, Museo Civico, Castello di Monteodorisio (CH) by Michele Montanaro;

2006 Nuovi paesaggi, mArte, Museo Civico, Castello di Monteodorisio (CH) by Michele Montanaro;

2006 Entroterra – Senza con/testo, Sala consiliare, Cupello (CH) by Michele Montanaro;

2005 Fase esplorativa, mArte, Vecchio Municipio, Monteodorisio (CH) by Michele Montanaro.